Seven of the suspects -- April Jones, Shameka Wright, Gerald W. Jennings, Lauren Delk, Austen Delk, Taylor Perkins and Demario Rose -- were arrested on felony obtaining drugs by fraud charges. The eighth suspect, Greg McDaniel, was an officer with the Helena Police Department.

Eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena, Arkansas were arrested by the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division (ABC Enforcement).ABC Enforcement were notified of the suspects' possible diversion of medical marijuana happening at the Green Light Dispensary in Helena.

A former police officer and seven former dispensary employees are accused of stealing medical marijuana intended for patients.

Seven of the suspects -- April Jones, Shameka Wright, Gerald W. Jennings, Lauren Delk, Austen Delk, Taylor Perkins and Demario Rose -- were arrested on felony obtaining drugs by fraud charges. The eighth suspect, the officer with the Helena Police Department, was Greg McDaniel.

The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control, which oversees the state’s medical marijuana program, said the scheme involved selling marijuana out of a dispensary to people without medical cards.

The Arkansas agency that regulates the distribution of controlled substances arrested eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in the Delta, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division’s enforcement arm announced Monday in a news release.